Commentaries

Mapping a Path Out of Steve Jobs’s Shadow

October 12, 2012

Here is a brief excerpt from an article co-authored by Brad Stone, Adam Satariano, and Peter Burrows and featured online by Bloomberg Businessweek. To read the article, check out other resources, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information, please click here. *     *…

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Tips to Create Sustainable Engagement

October 11, 2012

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Frank Kalman for Talent Management magazine. To check out all the resources and sign up for a free subscription to the TM and/or Chief Learning Officer magazines published by MedfiaTec, please click here. *     *    …

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Scaling Up Social Media: three capabilities for building better online consumer relationships

October 10, 2012

Here is an excerpt from an article co-authored by Christopher Vollmer and Karen Premo featured in strategy+business magazine, published by Bain & Company. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free online resources, sign up for email alerts,…

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Henry Mintzberg on “Some Myths of the Conductor as Leader”

October 9, 2012

Here is a brief excerpt from one of Henry Mintzberg’s most valuable books, Managing (2009), in which he comments on the metaphor of leader as conductor, on the platform, fully in control. Does that actually constitute the exercise of leadership? Here’s what Henry thinks. *    …

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How to Take Care of Your Most Reliable People

October 9, 2012

Here is another valuable Management Tip of the Day from Harvard Business Review. To sign up for a free subscription to any/all HBR newsletters, please click here. *     *     * Most people have someone they can count on when they need…

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The Business Insider APP 100: The World’s Greatest Apps

October 8, 2012

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Kevin Smith that is featured by Business Insider a website at which something exciting is always happening. Credit: Jason Merriman, Business Insider On mobile devices alone, you have close to hundreds of…

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Ken Rees (Think Finance) in “The Corner Office”

October 7, 2012

Adam Bryant conducts interviews of senior-level executives that appear in his “Corner Office” column each week in the SundayBusiness section of The New York Times. Here are a few insights provided during an interview of Ken Rees, president and chief executive of Think Finance, a…

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Chip Heath’s six basic traits of sticky ideas

October 6, 2012

Chip Heath’s research suggests that sticky ideas share six basic traits. • Simplicity. Messages are most memorable if they are short and deep. Glib sound bites are short, but they don’t last. Proverbs such as the golden rule are short…

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Why It’s Time to Rethink Recruitment

October 5, 2012

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Chris Gould for Talent Management magazine. To check out all the resources and sign up for a free subscription to the TM and/or Chief Learning Officer magazines published by MedfiaTec, please click here.  *     *     *…

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